LOVE STORY

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Across
  1. 3. Corn nibbling soccer star
  2. 4. The dive bar of origin
  3. 9. The best girl we know
  4. 13. These are so often overlooked
  5. 14. Friday night staple in Chicago
  6. 15. Cinque terran gelato flavor
  7. 16. They mate for life, according to the song
  8. 17. Pasta witch, light switch cop, vine mistress
  9. 18. A mother who makes babies that you mother (and water)
Down
  1. 1. Soccer phenom aka La Pulga
  2. 2. What we "gave" when our families met
  3. 5. A lovestruck state (with unexpected sand)
  4. 6. Isla con tacos de pescado, sunsets
  5. 7. Bike with me around the Ashokan _______
  6. 8. What I might have shouted when I passed McGolrick the morning after Dokebi
  7. 10. The perfect snack, sometimes eaten imperfectly
  8. 11. Color of Frida's house
  9. 12. A rainy run through woods to water
  10. 14. Coming home to Alice's coming home ____